NBC hour-long special, which was broadcast on November 13, 1965. Guests include Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Walt Disney, and the Beach Boys.
Cast: Jack Benny Bob Hope Elke Sommer Walt Disney Brian Wilson Beach Boys Dennis Wilson Beach Boys Carl Wilson Beach Boys Al Jardine Beach Boys Mike Love Beach Boys John Ireland Naomi Stevens
Writers: George Balzer Hal Goldman Al Gordon Sam Perrin
Reviewer:
seagon
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November 23, 2009 Subject:
Great Show
Great family show from the glory days of classic TV. This was better than anything I've seen on network TV in at least 10 years. Would love to see more
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like this. During his monologue, Jack mentions the show was in color but this version is black & white. The Beach Boys were not stoned, just bad actors. In the first part of the show, they sing California Girls live to track because it's part of a sketch. In the second half of the show they perform Barbara Ann live.
Reviewer:
skilpad
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July 19, 2009 Subject:
Great
A really great historical piece. Typical Bob Hope and Jack Benny humour - which, as usual, is very funny. However, the Beach Boys coame across as being
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very dull and almost not all there. They obviously didn't perform live and sang to a prerding? The Mary Poppins parady was reasonably funny. Very typical Jack Benny ending.
Reviewer:
sbe1212
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October 26, 2008 Subject:
Playability
Plays fine in Media Payer Classic also. Must be something to do with the way VLC handles files.
Reviewer:
ARossi
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February 26, 2008 Subject:
will only play in windows media player
this plays sound only in VLC, and IA's deriver isn't able to make a flash movie from the original file (to show on the page). but it does work if you
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play it in windows media player.